arly had a few drinks herself and
ger?" I asked. "Tha
shy," she laughed, handing m
me I got drunk was with Brian, and even that wasn't a great memory. After two more drin
ne Jenny and I danced to at the ball. She must've found someone
r, grabbed two more drinks, a
er. Once inside, I pulled out my phone and started typing in Jenny's number. I knew it by heart-exce
r didn't exist. So I pun
emale voice answere
al
voice-my heart
d. "What are
eplied, half-asleep. "Is some
" I asked, my tone
's voice turned al
outed."I know you ho
" she asked, disappointm
t you know what? I'll let you move in
a distant male voice. At th
but I'l
ded-Jenny h
dialed Amber's number.
-
w school was going. My head was spinning, but I tried to answer her questions. The conversation didn't last long, and I tried to get some more rest, but the li
en Grandp
I sat up, drank some water, and placed a cold, wet cloth on my forehead before lying back down. I felt awf
swered the call. Brian's grinning face appeared on the screen. I cou
your night?
s no girl next to me, if t
member?" he smirked. I starte
nny and hearing a man's
en I think I called Jane,"
barely understand what you were rambling ab
about her new gu
ink you should pull down the blinds
lower the blinds and go back to sleep when my laptop rang again. Jenny's photo flashed
en, tried to fix my tangled hair, put o
sappointment-Uncle St
eat with computers, so Daniel helped me call you.
od
bit rude, but Uncle Ste
't slee
now," he smiled. "
"Alright then, le
old man said
es, though my head was splitting. I really tried to focus on what he was saying, but nothing stuck. At times, I had to prop up
s-how he treated them, what he did. I pretended to take notes so he wouldn't
finished, it
oor. I picked it up and tossed it back into the suitcase. Fragments of the night before star
ice. He said he'd forgotten something. My family kept asking how I was, what I wanted to eat when I came h
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